The Lincolnshire FHS has published several Marriage indexes and a Burial index for the Louthesk Deanery to make your search easier.

The Wesleyan Methodists rebuilt a chapel here in 1836. The Free Methodists and the Primitive Methodists also built chapels here in 1865 and 1855. For information and assistance in researching these chapels, see our non-conformist religions page.

North Somercotes is a village and a parish 10 miles north-east of Louth, on the coast midway between Mabelthorpe and Cleethorpes. The parish sits on the banks of the North Sea and covers about 6,000 acres. The north end of the parish was formerly a salt marsh of 300 acres called the "Fitties".

If you are planning a visit:

There is bus service from Louth and from Grimsby. See our transport page for bus carriers.

The nearest railway station is at Cleethorpes, about 16 miles away.

The village shares a website with South Somercotes, so visit it for more information.

North Somercotes has a long tradition of a village carnival with decorated floats, usually held in mid-July. A local girl was selected as the Rose Princess. The event has not been held in recent years due to being banned in 2001 due to the Foot and Mouth crisis.

Another long tradition in the village is the Pancake Race. Every Shrove Tuesday, usually at the two schools, there are individual races for different age groups.

The parish had a Coast Guard station, manned in 1913 by Henry CAMPKIN.

The Bay Horse Public House was a good place to share gossip and good news. In the 1800s it provided stabling for travellers' horses and advertised for cyclists. These are the names associated with the place in various directories:

Year

Person

1842

Robert SHORT, vict.

1872

Mrs. Ellen CASH, vict.

1882

Mrs. Ellen CASH, vict.

1900

Mrs. Susannah J. YOUHILL, brewer

1913

Mrs. Susannah J. YOUHILL

1930

Dunham SMITH

Susannah J. YOUHILL, above, is the daughter of Ellen CASH, and was born in North Somercotes.

The first school was opened here in 1691. It was rebuilt as a National School in 1854. It served both North and South Somercotes. A girls' room was added in 1875. That school has evolved into the parish's Primary School.

A book mapping the history of North Somercotes CE Primary School - "300 Years of North Somercotes Primary School" was published in 1991, written by Terry ALDRIDGE and Chris STURMAN. ISBN 0 9517970 0 X.